-INTRO-
G5G5
-VERSE-
G5
I've got me a shovel
Em7
I'm digging a ditch
Gsus4G5D/F#
And I'm gonna fight for this four square feet of land like a mean old son-of-a-bitch
G5
I've got me a future
Em7
I'm not stuck on the past
Gsus4G5D/F#
I've got no new tricks, yeah, I'm up on bricks, but, me, I'm a machine and I was built to last
-Chorus-
CD/F#G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
CD/F#Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
CD/F#G5G/F#Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said 'come on now let's fix this mess'
CD/F#
We can get better
G5 (RIFF 1)
Because we're not dead yet
-VERSE-
G5
They threw me a whirlwind
Em
And I spat back a sea
CG5D/F#
I took a battering but I've got thicker skin and the best people I know are looking out for me
G5
So, I'm taking the high road
Em
My engine's running high and fine
CG5D/F#
May, I always see the road rising up to me and my enemies defeated in the mirror behind
-Chorus-
CD/F#G5
I'm trying to get better 'cause I haven't been my best
CD/F#Em
She took a plain black marker and started writing on my chest
CD/F#G5G/F#Em
She drew a line across the middle of my broken heart and said 'come on now let's fix this mess'
CD/F#
We can get better
G5
Because we're not dead yet
-BRIDGE-
G/DG/C#
It's just a knot in the small of your back
G/CG/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/DG/C#
It's just some numbers tangled up in your songs
G/CG/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/DG/C#
It's just a tune that gets stuck in your head
G/CG/A
You can work it out with your fingers
G/DG/C#
It's just a simple --- missing from the past and your mess
G/CAmD/F#
A reminder you could always be a little bit better than this
-Chorus-
CD/F#G5
Try and get better and don't ever accept less
CD/F#Em
Take your plain black marker and write this on your chest
CD/F#
Draw a line underneath all of this unhappiness
G5G/F#Em
Come on now let's fix this mess
CD/F#
We can get better
G5G/F# Em (RIFF 2 > 3)
Because we're not dead yet
CD/F# (RIFF 4 > 5)
We can get better
G5 (RIFF 1)
Because we're not dead yet